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Alice’s Ordinary Peoplehttps://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/alices-ordinary-people/
https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/alices-ordinary-people/#respondWed, 11 Oct 2017 18:19:51 +0000http://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/?p=4633Next month the Wilson County Public Library is showing an exceptional film on an “ordinary” person and their struggle for human rights during the Civil Rights Movement. Here is more from the website:

Alice’s life story reads like a history of the movement. Early on she fought the “Willis Wagons.” The second class structures were built to relieve overcrowding in those Chicago schools which served the African American community. Their very existence perpetuated segregation.

In 1966, Dr. King came to Chicago. Alice and her husband James Tregay, marched with him, often at great personal risk. It was at this time that Dr. King joined the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and the Reverend James Bevel to form Operation Breadbasket. Breadbasket fought racism on many fronts, but its main task was jobs for African Americans, particularly from those businesses drawing profits from the African American community.

Under the leadership of Reverend Jackson, the months that Alice and her “ordinary people” spent picketing led to real change. But it was through her Political Education class, that Alice had her most significant impact. Over a four year period, thousands were trained to work in independent political campaigns. This new force was integral to the re-election of Ralph Metcalf to Congress (this time as an independent democrat), to the election of Harold Washington, mayor, and to making Barack Obama, our first African American President.

Alice’s contribution is unique in American history, and an hour program can only tell so much. It is my hope that one day a book will also be written on this important subject.

– Craig Dudnick

]]>https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/alices-ordinary-people/feed/0willrobinson3Wilson Daily Times is Now Digitizedhttps://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/wilson-daily-times-is-now-digitized/
https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/wilson-daily-times-is-now-digitized/#respondThu, 05 Oct 2017 16:10:27 +0000http://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/?p=4630I had occasionally gently prodded the owner of the Wilson Daily Times to get their back catalog digitized so that people could use a searchable database instead losing their eyesight futilely searching for articles on microfilm.

But there is a catch. You can only search it at the Wilson County Public Library. It’s not a bad catch.

]]>https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/wilson-daily-times-is-now-digitized/feed/0willrobinson3Scout’s Memory Book is Now Online at DigitalNChttps://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/scouts-memory-book-is-now-online-at-digitalnc/
https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/scouts-memory-book-is-now-online-at-digitalnc/#respondThu, 10 Aug 2017 21:28:30 +0000http://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/?p=4626Online at DigitalNC

]]>https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/scouts-memory-book-is-now-online-at-digitalnc/feed/0willrobinson3Issues of The Wilson Advance from 1876 now onlinehttps://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/issues-of-the-wilson-advance-from-1876-now-online/
https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/issues-of-the-wilson-advance-from-1876-now-online/#respondFri, 16 Jun 2017 14:29:35 +0000http://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/?p=4624Two more issues of The Wilson Advance from March of 1876 are now up on DigitalNC, courtesy of our partner Wilson County Public Library. These issues join many previously digitized issues from 1874-1899 and give a …

]]>https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/issues-of-the-wilson-advance-from-1876-now-online/feed/0willrobinson31925 Boy Scouts Memory Bookhttps://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/1925-boy-scouts-memory-book/
https://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/1925-boy-scouts-memory-book/#respondTue, 06 Jun 2017 19:07:18 +0000http://wilsoncountylocalhistorylibrary.wordpress.com/?p=4605Last Friday I received in the mail a donation of a photo album from 1925 containing perhaps fifty photographs of Boy Scouts and the Stuckey family in Wilson, NC. The High Point Museum originally received the memory book from the owner and thought that it should be in Wilson. So we are very grateful that they sent us this unique treasure.

Some of the subjects of the photographs include a Confederate veteran reunion, Camp Wilson, Charleston, SC, Camp Leach (doesn’t sound fun) in Beaufort County, NC, the Appalachians, and Bath, NC. I have digitized a few pages but it is so large I am going to take it to UNC Chapel Hill on Thursday to get it completely digitized and put up on Digital NC.

Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend the National Genealogical Society 2017 Family History Conference. It was held in Raleigh this year, so it was only 15 minutes from my house. Very convenient!

Most of the speakers were experts in their field, and some were the expert in their field. I mostly concentrated on the DNA, Scots Irish, and the international connections sessions with a few other subjects thrown in.

Luckily for our library, we have a tireless local genealogical society and they were generous enough to buy us many books from the vendors in the exhibit hall.

I recommend anyone with a passion for genealogy to attend one of these conferences. It will add to your skill set and take your craft to higher level. Also, nice people, food, and coffee.